When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points. He was ______ and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the ______ in my records. His beaming (欢笑的) face turned to _____. “You’re lowering my grade?” he said angrily. “I would never have come in ______ ……”
He didn’t finish the ______, but it was obvious that his display of honesty was false. He thought he’d have it all—praise and the ______ grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade ______ because all I’d accomplished was to discourage him from being ______ in the future. And every time I tell this ______, some people agree with this remark.
But I can’t see how I could give good ______ for worsening my mistake in grading by undermining (损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to ______ an error. The grade itself would be a dishonest ______ of his knowledge and it would have been ______to other students. How could I possibly give a student a gift of an_____ grade?
I know ______ reporting an error in one’s favor is unusual, but, like ______ extra change, it’s clearly the right thing to do. People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up benefits as ______ as anyone else. The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is ______enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps lowering the student’s grade did ______ him from being honest in the future, but bribing (贿赂) him to be honest so that he does the right thing when it’s cost-free would have ______him even more. The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
| 小题1: | | A．wise | B．right | C．rigid | D．angry |
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| 小题2: | | A．file | B．note | C．name | D．grade |
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| 小题3: | | A．grief | B．shock | C．happiness | D．silence |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．which | C．if | D．what |
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| 小题5: | | A．sentence | B．word | C．exam | D．lesson |
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| 小题6: | | A．higher | B．lower | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题7: | | A．move | B．stand | C．change | D．drop |
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| 小题8: | | A．brave | B．adventurous | C．honest | D．successful |
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| 小题10: | | A．reason | B．cause | C．excuse | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．make | B．find | C．avoid | D．correct |
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| 小题12: | | A．reaction | B．sense | C．sign | D．reflection |
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| 小题13: | | A．unfair | B．cruel | C．tough | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．unfinished | B．undone | C．unearned | D．unquestioned |
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| 小题15: | | A．actively | B．secretly | C．voluntarily | D．curiously |
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| 小题16: | | A．receiving | B．returning | C．earning | D．paying |
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| 小题18: | | A．pleasure | B．reward | C．content | D．honor |
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| 小题19: | | A．discourage | B．influence | C．protect | D．separate |
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| 小题20: | | A．improved | B．encouraged | C．ruined | D．blamed |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
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试题分析：诚实是什么？我们该如何让人们诚实？文章通过一个小故事告诉了我们究竟该如何保持诚实
小题1:B 考查形容词辨析。A wise 明智的；Bright 正确的；B rigid 刻板的；D angry 生气的。根据下文我在成绩记录中改了他的名字，可知我也认为他是正确的，我多给他分数了。所以选B 项。
小题2:D 考查名词辨析 A file 文件；B note 笔记；C name 名字；D grade 分数。根据下文我在成绩记录中改了他的名字，可知我也认为他是正确的，我多给他分数了。所以选D项。
小题3:B 考查名词辨析 A grief 忧伤 ；B shock 震惊；C happiness 幸福；D silence安静。根据上下文可知这个学生对我降了他的分数感觉很惊讶，也很生气，接下来说：如果（我知道你降了我的分数），我就不会来了。所以选 B项。
小题4:C 考查连词辨析 A. whether 是否； B. which 哪一个； C. if 是否； D. what 什么。根据上文可知 接下来说：如果（我知道你降了我的分数），我就不会来了。所以选C项。
小题5:A 考查名词辨析 A sentence 句子；B word 话；C exam 考试；D lesson 功课。根据上文的"I would never have come in 44 …"可知他这句话没有说完。所以选B项。
小题6:A 考查形容词辨析 A higher 更高的；Blower 更低的；C more 更多；D less 更少。根据句意可知这个学生并不诚实，因为下句说他既想得到高分也想得到表扬。他表现出的诚实是假的。所以选A项。
小题7:B 考查动词辨析 A. move 移动； B. stand 站着； C. change 改变 D. drop 落下。根据上下文可知同事们都认为我不应该降他的分数，因为我们那样做会让他变得不诚实。所以选B项。
小题8:C 考查形容词辨析A. brave 勇敢的； B. adventurous冒险的； C. honest 诚实的 ； D. successful成功的 根据上下方的理解可知，如果 我那样做的话，会让他变得不诚实，所以选C项。
小题9:B 考查名词辨析 根据句意可知 我说起这个故事，人们都同意这样的话。句子的主语是我I，因些通过上下来进行判断得出句子的主语，注意分析句子成分来判断。所以选B项。根据句意：我没有任何理由不去纠正我的错误而去破坏我其它分手的平等性而使我错上加错，所以选B项。
小题10:A 考查名词辨析。A. reason 理由； B. cause 原因； C. excuse 借口；D. result 结果。根据句意：我没有任何理由不去纠正我的错误而去破坏我其它分手的平等性而使我错上加错，所以选B项。
小题11:D 考查动词辨析 A. make 使； B. find 发现；C. avoid 避免； D. correct 改正。根据上文提到我没有理由去纠正我的错误，使我自己错上加错，所以选D项。
小题12:D 考查名词辨析 A. reaction 反应； B. sense 感觉； C. sign 叹气； D. reflection 思考。
小题13:A 考查形容词辨析A. unfair 不公平的； B. cruel 残酷的； C. tough 坚硬的困难的； D. funny 有趣的。根据句意可知：那个分数本身就是对知识的不诚实的反应，对于别的学生来说这就是一种不公平。我怎么可能会给一个学生不应的分数呢？所以选A项。
小题14:C 考查动词辨析。 A. unfinished未完成； B. undone 求做完； C. unearned 不劳而获的； D. unquestioned 未提问的 根据上文提到The grade itself would be a dishonest ______ of his knowledge and it would have been ______to other students，分数本身就是不公平的，对于别的学生来说，所以选C项。
小题15:C 考查副词辨析A. actively 积极地； B. secretly 秘密地； C. voluntarily 义务地； D. curiously 好奇的。根据上下方的语境得知，我知道就像归还多给的零钱一样，自告奋勇地报告自己所犯的错误是不同寻常的，所以选C项。
小题16:B 考查动词辨析A. receiving 收到； B. returning 返回； C. earning 挣； D. paying 支付。根据下方提到it’s clearly the right thing to do这是正常的事情，故应归还多找的零钱，所以选B项。
小题17:D 考查代词。根据句意可知：那些真正诚实的人和别人一样也不愿意放弃好处。As much as anyone else 与别人是一样的，提到大众的一种心理 ，根据语境理解可知D项符合题意。
小题18:B 考查名词辨析 A. pleasure 快乐； B. reward 报酬； C. content 内容； D. honor荣誉。根据句意得知，唯一不同的是 对于他们来说，名誉就是最大的奖励，做正确的事情。所以选B项。
小题19:A 考查动词辨析A. discourage 令人气馁； B. influence 影响； C. protect保护； D. separate 分开。句意 降低学生的分数会使孩子在将来变得诚实，而是向自己妥协，为自己做正确的事找个合理的借口。所以选A项。
小题20:C考查动词辨析A. improved 提高； B. encouraged鼓励； C. ruined 毁灭； D. blamed 责备。根据上下方的理解可知 降低他的分数可能阻止他诚实，但是通过给他高分来让他诚实也许会让他收到更大的伤害。毁灭他的自己，因为选C项。
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As we all know, getting benched in sports is usually a bad thing. But at one school in Florida, a girl has taken a bench and turned it into something entirely different – a place to find friends. It’s called the Friendship Bench. And it’s the brainchild of a sixth grader at Palm Bay Elementary – a girl named Acacia Woodley.
Acacia’s attitude toward life might be summed up best by a question she recently asked members of the Brevard County School Board – “what if we spend as much time putting the spotlight on kindness as we do on cruelty?” It’s a philosophy Acacias has learned to live her own life -despite having a lot of people would consider a handicap. She was born without a right hand. And her left hand did not form properly. But Acacia says that she has not stopped her from achieving her goals. “You need to believe in your dreams. If you don’t believe in you dreams, I can definitely tell you that they are not going to come true.” She said.
Acacia came up with the idea for the Friendship Bench after seeing kids getting bullied at school. She says she has also experienced bullying herself – kids whispering about her or picking on her because she is different. “Some people say they feel sorry for me. I tell them not to,” she said. “I don’t care that I’m different. I like being different.”
The Friendship Bench looks like a lot of other benches. It has arm sets and a place to lean on. But there are also words painted on it – words such as “hope”, “respect”, “listen” and “dream”. Acacia put the benches together with the help from her mother and brother.
Any time a kid feels he or she needs a friend, all that kid needs to do is sit on the bench. It is then up to the other kids – or grown-ups – to fill that need. “It’s a perfect idea,” Palm Bay Elementary Principal Lori said. “It’s something we’ve needed so badly.”
The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too. “There’s a saying in my teacher’s classroom,” Acacia said. “It says, ‘it you can dream it, you can achieve it.’”
小题1:What is the function of the first sentence in Paragraph One?| A．To explain the meaning of getting benched is sports. | | B．To introduce the important role “bench” plays in sports. | | C．To introduce what the author wants to say in the text to us. | | D．To tell us that the passage is connected with the word “bench”. |
小题2:What can be learned about Acacia from the passage?| A．She is disabled but leads an active life. | | B．She has a deep understanding of life. | | C．She finds it difficult to achieve her goals. | | D．She finds herself always in need of help. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Acacia has also suffered from other kids’ bullying. | | B．The kids who sit on the bench feel they need friends. | | C．Grown-ups are allowed to offer their help to the one in need. | | D．The Friendship Bench is different from others in the arm sets. |
小题4:What can we infer from the passage?| A．More Friendship Benches will be installed in other schools soon. | | B．Students stop bullying other schoolmates at Palm Bay Elementary. | | C．The students at Palm Bay Elementary have become more friendly. | | D．Acacia has become a very important figure at Palm Bay Elementary. |
小题5:What is the best title of this passage?| A．Acacia’s New Invention | | B．The Friendship Bench | | C．Help from a Special Bench | | D．Getting Benched in School |
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At the beginning of my 8：00 a．m．class one Monday at University of Nevada,Las Vegas(UNLV)，I cheerfully asked my students their weekend had been．“Not been very good”，one young man said．He"d had his wisdom teeth ．The young man then went on to ask me why I seemed to be so cheerful．His question reminded me of I′d read somewhere before：”Every morning when you get up，you have a about how you want to approach life that day”，I said．“I choose to be cheerful”．
“Let me give you an ”，I continued．The other 60 students in the class their chatter and began to listen．one day,my car died on the way．I called AAA and asked them to send a ．The secretary in the Provost’S office asked me what had happened．”This is my day”， I replied,smiling．”Your Car and today is your lucky day?”She Was ．”What do you mean?”“I live 17 miles from here”，I replied．”My car have gone wrong anywhere along the freeway．It didn’t．Instead，it went wrong in the place：off the freeway,within walking distance of here．I’m able to teach my class，and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to me after class．”The secretary’s eyes opened wide，and then she smiled．
I scanned the 60 faces in the lecture hall． the early hour,no one seemed to be asleep．Somehow,my story had them．Or maybe it Wasn’t the story ．It had all started with a student"s that I Was cheerful．A wise mail once said：”Who you are louder to me than anything you can say”．I suppose it must be so．
| 小题1: | | A．how | B．what | C．whether | D．where |
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| 小题2: | | A．pulled | B．brought | C．taken | D．removed |
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| 小题3: | | A．seldom | B．always | C．occasionally | D．ever |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题5: | | A．decision | B．chance | C．choice | D．destination |
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| 小题6: | | A．excuse | B．explanation | C．instruction | D．example |
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| 小题7: | | A．stopped | B．interrupted | C．disturbed | D．prevented |
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| 小题8: | | A．truck | B．tractor | C．secretary | D．policeman |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．terrible | C．lucky | D．pleasant |
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| 小题10: | | A．cuts up | B．breaks up | C．breaks down | D．tears down |
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| 小题11: | | A．cheerful | B．doubtful | C．puzzled | D．worried |
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| 小题12: | | A．could | B．must | C．should | D．would |
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| 小题13: | | A．wrong | B．proper | C．perfect | D．smooth |
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| 小题14: | | A．thus | B．still | C．hardly | D．even |
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| 小题15: | | A．pick | B．send | C．meet | D．visit |
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| 小题16: | | A．Despite | B．Although | C．Since | D．Though |
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| 小题17: | | A．taught | B．touched | C．educated | D．excited |
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| 小题18: | | A．after all | B．in all | C．above all | D．at all |
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| 小题19: | | A．motivation | B．inspiration | C．observation | D．appreciation |
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| 小题20: | | A．says | B．speaks | C．talks | D．tells |
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Last Friday, I was coming home late after spending time with friends and thought I’d go down to the $99 cent pizza place. On the way, I saw a man sitting on the stairs alone there. I’d seen him before every day I run late to work, but this time I had no place to rush off to.
There was something about him, a quiet manner, different from many of other homeless people I had seen in New York City. I walked past him, went to the pizza place, and those 10 seconds waiting in line was enough to practice stepping outside of my usual, familiar flow. So with a few slices in hand, I went back to join him. I asked him if he was hungry. He said yes, but not for pizza because it made him uncomfortable. He’d rather have a few bucks for chicken and rice since it was easier on his stomach. It’s funny, in that moment, he became more real to me.
This man I had seen almost every day was someone with specific conditions, needs, and experiences. We exchanged names and ended up talking for a little over an hour that night as Kevin told me stories from his life, how he had done things when “he was younger and didn’t know any better” and how he tried to make amends (补偿) but too much time had passed. He shared his views on the value for young adults to learn the history of other people.
He talked about his one wish being in his 60’s before he leaves this earth, which is to share his story with the teenagers and young adults so they could avoid the mistakes he went through. Throughout the conversation, he eventually got his chicken and rice and gifted me a rose he had been carrying. Shortly afterwards, I made my way home, thinking to myself, “I met an amazing homeless person”.
小题1:The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to ____.| A．share his experience | B．show his generosity | | C．express his thoughts | D．exchange his opinions |
小题2:The homeless man refused pizza because he ____.| A．did not feel very hungry at that moment | | B．had something wrong with his stomach | | C．preferred some chicken and rice to pizza | | D．might feel ashamed to be given something |
小题3:What’s the homeless man’s last wish?| A．To become a lot younger again. | | B．To make amends for his early life. | | C．To have enough chicken and rice to eat. | | D．To teach the young not to follow his example. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the text that ____.| A．The homeless man is different from others | | B．The writer showed his pity to the homeless man | | C．What the homeless man thought shocked the writer | | D．What the homeless man did was not very meaningful |
小题5:How do you like the homeless man after reading the passage?| A．Learned. | B．Honorable. | C．Determined. | D．Promising. |
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My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other , including her “sixth sense”, she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the don"t realize she"s blind.
I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle with us.”
To my great my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.
When I told her, she was for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla . And I knew my child was because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla"s pride in her work.
We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
| 小题1: | | A．ways | B．means | C．methods | D．senses |
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| 小题3: | | A．guests | B．family | C．children | D．friends |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited | B．sad | C．satisfied | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题5: | | A．especially | B．not so | C．a little | D．not at all |
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| 小题6: | | A．paint | B．draw | C．mix | D．create |
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| 小题7: | | A．stayed | B．painted | C．talked | D．played |
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| 小题8: | | A．excitement | B．encouragement | C．delight | D．surprise |
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| 小题9: | | A．attitude | B．color | C．picture | D．paper |
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| 小题10: | | A．touched | B．distinguished | C．saw | D．understood |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．before | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题12: | | A．curious | B．quiet | C．puzzled | D．worried |
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| 小题13: | | A．cried | B．insisted | C．complained | D．informed |
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| 小题14: | | A．right | B．wrong | C．worried | D．uncertain |
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| 小题15: | | A．paper | B．pens | C．hands | D．eyes |
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Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had not legs but stumps (残肢) that could he fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him‘Ape Man’(猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificiallegs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, for the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be-a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
小题1:Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because . | A．he didn’t talk to them | | B．he kept away from them | | C．his arms touched the ground when he moved | | D．he couldn’t use his arms |
小题2:It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is .| A．an average height for a fully grown person | | B．too tall for an average person | | C．too short for an average person | | D．none of the above |
小题3:The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross . | A．was only glad to give him a job | | B．give him a job because he was a good soldier | | C．gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization | | D．was not willing to give him a job at first |
小题4:When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he .| A．did everything the other soldiers did | | B．did most of the things the other soldiers did | | C．did some of the things the other soldiers did | | D．took some special training |
小题5:The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi .| A．had no friends | | B．never saw himself as different from others | | C．was very shy | | D．was too proud to accept help from others |
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